Dec 2014
Hat Trick, Part Deux
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January 1 2015
12/31/14 12:59 Filed in: addenda
Our best wishes to you for a healthy, rewarding 2015.
- Dragnet: The Big New Year’s
- The Jack Benny Program: New Year’s Eve Reminiscing
- Ellery Queen: The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne
New Year's Eve Links and Open Thread
12/31/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- JMan’s cable news predictions from 2014, and for 2015.
- Outnumbered video: Running for Prez...a family affair?
- Q&A: Anna Kooiman talks charity and Fox News. More.
- Nobody’s business: CNBC plummets to record lows.
- Nancy Wilson: What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
- When hashtags attack: CNN’s #AskACop, FNC’s #OverIt.
- Monday’s numbers; weekend numbers. Alan’s hate mail.
- Fox New Year’s Eve; this is CNN; a very MSNBC New Year’s.
- Juan Williams to deliver UA lecture. Q&A: Roland S Martin.
- Flashback: F&F kicks off 2014 with a few bumps in the road.
- Dish standoff update. Your Hit Parade: New Year’s Eve 1955.
- The McCormack Matter pt one, pt two, pt three, pt four, part five.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/30/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The 2014 program ranker: Fox News holds top 14 slots.
- Chariton: MSNBC named to distinguished 2014 list.
- Fox News tops all cable news for the 13th straight year.
- CNN tops MSNBC; MSNBC tops CNN; HLN tops MSNBC.
- Somerby: Fanning tribal outrage has MSNBC floundering.
- Two cable news channels go live for discovery of debris.
- Outnumbered video: Do we need an embassy...in Iran?
- Susan Candiotti exits CNN as Jack Vale gets HLN series.
- Concha: Race-obsessed MSNBC needs a course correction.
- Special O’Reilly Factor precedes Killing Lincoln FNC debut.
- Bunch: At CNN, fear never takes a holiday. When it rains...
- Rothstein: Hey Mediaite, stop sucking up to CNN’s Brian Stelter.
- Q&A: Kimberly Guilfoyle and New Year’s; Gerri Willis and money.
- The McCormack Matter part one, part two, part three, part four.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/29/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The NYPD vs Mayor Bill de Blasio.
- Wednesday numbers: The Five-John Roberts-F&F 1-2-3.
- Ad Age Q&A: CNN’s celebrity chef, Anthony Bourdain.
- Bratton: Sit-down with The Rev was ‘a bad idea’ (via TVN).
- Self-congratulatory Griffin memo touts MSNBC’s ‘progress’.
- Bill O’Reilly named to distinguished list. The Senator debuts.
- FNC avoids overkill while ‘cockamamie’ CNN turns ridiculous.
- Media critic as news anchor: a ‘big mistake’ for Brian Stelter?
- Risk & Reward video: Joe Concha on the Fox/DishNet standoff.
- Concha: DishNet ‘extortion’ claim will leave them eating crow.
- Huge traffic at Keep Fox site. An auspicious augury for Bash?
- YT,JD: The McCormack Matter part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/27/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: NYPD blame, Sony flip-flop, media mishaps.
- Occupy group targets Fox News...because ‘black lives matter’.
- Your Buzz videos: Cosby, Al Sharpton, Sony movie, Cosby again.
- Zara: Dish dangles credits to fend off cancellations. Sunday talk.
- Littleton: DishNet cries ‘extortion’. Hogue: Holiday hosts flounder.
- Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter pt one, part two.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/26/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: Threats to police have NYPD on alert.
- Zucker play: Coop and Kath...what, together again?!?
- De Moraes: Fox News/DishNet war of words heats up.
- CNN executive asks Jewish girl: ‘Are you brain dead?’
- ICN: 2014 in review...the good, the bad, and the awful.
- The Robert de Cormier Singers: Mary’s Little Boy Child.
- Profile: Anna Kooiman and what she learned in Charlotte.
- Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Day After Christmas.
- F&F video: Home for Christmas with the Reichmuth family.
- Chariton: Greta’s twitter ‘tirade’? Dennis Miller’s crib sale.
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter part one.
Green Chri$tma$
12/25/14 00:00 Filed in: addenda
Every year on this day we present Stan Freberg's enduring Christmas parable. Although he produced it well over a half century ago, its message is timeless. Seven minutes well spent:Classic Christmas radio broadcasts:
- Amos 'n' Andy: Christmas show listen
- The Great Gildersleeve: Why the Chimes Rang listen
- Quiet, Please: Berlin, 1945 listen
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Carmen Kringle Matter listen
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter listen
Classic Christmas television episodes:
- Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Busy Christmas watch
- Dragnet 1968: The Christmas Story watch
- Newhart: No Room at the Inn watch
- Night Gallery: The Messiah on Mott Street watch
- JAG: Ghosts of Christmas Past watch
Classic Christmas movies:
- Babes in Toyland (March of the Wooden Soldiers) watch
- A Christmas Story amazon
- The Lemon Drop Kid amazon
- Home Alone amazon
- Miracle on 34th Street amazon
Sounds of the season:
- David Ian: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas listen album
- George Shearing: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen listen album
- Theresa and Mike Levy: The First Noel listen album
- Dean Martin: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer listen album
- Crystal Lewis: O Holy Night listen album
Merry Christmas from johnny dollar's place.
Christmas Eve Links and Open Thread
12/24/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Honeymooners: ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.
- Reynolds: Fox News tops rivals for 13th straight year!
- Farhi: Oh, those wacky cable news celebrity pundits.
- Mediaite readers pick the best and the worst of media.
- Concha: Al Sharpton, most powerful person in America?
- Have a very MSNBC Christmas! Stan Freberg: Yulenet.
- Cable newsers named to distinguished list (via FTV Live).
- FTV: CNN ‘caught flatfooted’ by Camerota New Day scoop?
- Fox & Friends video: 2014 highlight reel. Q&A: Brian Kilmeade.
- Criticism of The Rev intensifies in the wake of murdered officers.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, pt two, pt three, pt four, part five.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/23/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: How the media create their own narrative.
- Monday’s numbers: The Five-O’Gutfeld-John Roberts 1-2-3.
- Phillips: This show is an insult to every police officer (vTVN).
- Report: Alisyn Camerota to replace Bolduan on New Day.
- Sherrod Small doing double FNC duty on New Year’s Eve.
- Rhetoric overdrive as Comcast deal comment period ends.
- Steve Doocy talks F&F Christmas. TJ Holmes resurfaces.
- Charles Payne FBN special on Dec 24. Weekend numbers.
- Meet MSNBC’s new trangender host...who’s now engaged.
- Greta says thanks to Roger Ailes and Fox News Channel.
- Kissell: More young viewers? Easy: air less news! (v/CNCC).
- Charlton: Dana Bash first rotating SotU anchor (via CNNC).
- GANT seals partnership with CNN. Ebert film debuts Jan 9.
- McMurry: The wondrous José Díaz-Balart, Obama’s ‘conduit’.
- Videos: O’Reilly on NYPD, DeBlasio etc; F&F: Mr Bill elaborates.
- The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three, part four.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/22/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: The Five-Bret Baier-Bill O’Reilly 1-2-3.
- Cablenewers pick best/worst of MSNBC, CNN, Fox News.
- Zucker play: I am doing great! Cuomo disses his award.
- Chris Matthews: Working with Ailes was ‘the best tv ever’.
- F&F video: When social media become ‘anti-social media’.
- David Gregory didn’t get along with MSNBC’s Phil Griffin.
- Candy Crowley signs off CNN. Jill Daugherty resurfaces.
- Joyella: Fox fans make 32,000 calls re Dish...in one day!
- Dish vs Fox: Who will blink? A 2015 prescription for CNNi.
- YT,JD: The Nick Shurn Matter: part one, part two, part three.
- Fox & Friends video: Christmas with the Clayton Morris family.
Flashback: It's a Wonderful Life, FNC-style
12/21/14 15:32 Filed in: videos
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/20/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Media Buzz videos: Sony caves, stolen goods, Cosby vs CNN.
- Reliable Sources: NK threats, The Interview, hacks, more hacks.
- Reynolds: Fox exec charges Dish is lying to its subscribers.
- Joyella: Thousands of Dish subscribers ask to cancel service.
- Steinberg: Dish dumps Fox News, Fox Biz in carriage spat.
- Vdeo: Peter Johnson Jr on free speech and the NYPD killings.
- Christmas flashback video: Julie Banderas and the ‘leg lamp’.
- FNC’s Christmas bash: Which person doesn’t belong and why?
- Today’s contract standoff: CableOne vs (MS)NBC/Universal.
- Charlton: Cable news reactions to White House presser vary.
- Oltsik: CNN fanning the cyberware hyperbole flames. Whoops!
- Your Buzz videos: Torture, Sony execs, Rolling Stone, Snowden.
- Martha MacCallum hosts gala. Soledad: What my mom left behind.
- Special Report video: The Bret Baier blooper reel. Sunday talkers.
- Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter part one, part two.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/19/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Somerby: Salon uses edited video to smear Bill O’Reilly.
- Zucker play: HLN considering a show based on...Facebook!
- Wemple: ‘Fox News’ rips questions asked at WH presser.
- New hire Patricia Stark makes debut on Fox & Friends First.
- Concha: Scarborough’s snark at Megyn ‘way out of bounds’.
- Weird Joe Scarborough putdown of Megyn Kelly. Flashback.
- Imus video: Mike Baker. Cablers named to distinguished list.
- Dillon: Shift set design aims to ‘connect with younger viewers’.
- Goldberg: CNN is a disgrace. Today’s oops (hat-tip: Marty Davis).
- After 234 days, Clayton Morris makes Outnumbered debut: video.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg names the top ten stories of 2014.
- Lean Forward: The Rev will have ‘a say’ in how Sony makes movies!
- The Rev angers activists: DC march was like an MSNBC production.
- Fox News Radio adds correspondents. Martha MacCallum honored.
- Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter part one.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/18/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Charlton: Megyn Kelly tops The Wrap’s list of 2014’s best.
- Wednesday numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Strange Inheritance gets 9pm FBN slot; Independents to 10pm.
- Outnumbered video: Why did Hollywood cave to cyber threats?
- Charlton: HLN extreme makeover aims to ‘blow up cable news’.
- Joscelyn: Was Fareed Zakaria taken in by the ‘Gitmo snitch’?
- Concha: Robin Meade hits all the right notes in Vegas gig.
- Judge denies CNN request for Steve Jobs video testimony.
- CNN schedule chaos renders 9:00 pm a shambles. Whoops!
- Wemple: Ed Schultz’s apology covered almost all the bases.
- Q&A: Stacey Dash. Video: Cavuto’s tribute to Annie Goodman.
- Charles Molineaux resurfaces. Shift’s Code Forward launches.
- Godfrey: Retired CNN director looks back on 34 years of history.
- NY Post: Send Greta to Havana. YTJD: The Carmen Kringle Matter.
- Late Night videos: Bill O’Reilly with Seth Meyers part one, part two.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live videos: Megyn Kelly w/Jimmy part one, part two.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/17/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Concha: Greta’s plea is noble, refreshing...and unrealstic.
- Killing Lincoln to air on FNC with a Factor special edition.
- Marianne Rafferty and her family’s battle with Valley Fever.
- Lea Gabrielle’s first year at FNC. Lou Dobbs goes high tech.
- Q&A: José Díaz-Balart. MJ Lee exits Politico for CNN Digital.
- CNN’s outdated, silly acronymn exposé. Newsroom workflow.
- Yet another year-end ‘best’ list names multiple cablenewsers.
- Video: Judge Napolitano rules on so-called executive ‘actions’.
- What has CNN and FNC working together? Mattingly exits CNN.
- Wemple: How MSNBC and Ed Schultz slimed the GOP Chairman.
- Who wins ‘most-annoying’? Ed Schultz research team at work.
- To Andrea Mitchell: Matrix Award; Sanjay Gupta: DuPont Award.
- Carol Alt saves Christmas. Lawrence O’Donnell raises millions.
- Scarry: FNC’s ‘shrewd’ video move. The Missing Mouse Matter.
- A veteran war reporter comes home to wrestle with old wounds.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/16/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- F&F video: Laura Ingraham. FNC out-foxed Fox broadcast.
- Thomas Roberts moonlights...for Donald Trump! Overpriced.
- Grove: CNN’s overnight Sydney star credits ‘luck’ (via CNCC).
- Shift: Lets ‘open the aperture’ to go ‘even more niche’. More.
- Dave Navarro reveals his favorite newsman. Weekend numbers.
- Zucker play: Broaden CNN ‘news coverage’ with...game shows?!?
- FNC announces All-American New Year...but something’s missing.
- Video: The man who interrogated KSM part one, two, three, four.
- CNN Tuesday 9pm: Extraordinary People. Jana Winter resurfaces.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/15/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Mediate’s list ‘top nine cablenews rising stars’ isn’t horrible.
- Julie Banderas’s confrontation with neighbors. HLN bulletin.
- Zucker punched: Reliable Sources loses viewers in key demo.
- ‘Keep Fox News’ campaign launches, Dish Network responds.
- Zucker play: CNN twitter-zings MSNBC. The color of cable news.
- Lean Forward: Books, sports, celebs...MSNBC tests ‘Shift’ shows.
- F&F videos: Family Christmas with The Kooimans and The Carlsons.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/13/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- MediaBuzz videos: CIA, UVa and Lena, Cosby mysteries.
- Reliable Sources: CIA, UVa, stolen goods, facing POTUS.
- Concha: CNN’s untitled opinion-fest stirring controversy.
- ICN: Everything wrong at CNN encapsulated in one photo.
- Raised hands on unanimous CNN panel raise eyebrows.
- Wemple: Atheist leader claims Fox News is afraid of him.
- MSNBC’s Alex Wagner moonlights. Sunday talkers: preview.
- New Pew: Colbert viewers choose Stewart and CNN for news.
- Your Buzz videos: Rolling Stone, color, cops, a drastic remedy.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/12/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Video: Anderson Cooper learns about his family’s ‘dark past’.
- CNN’s Drew Griffin honored. Dominic Di-Natale remembered.
- Video: Feds get authority to seize your private communications.
- On MSNBC The Rev suggests Sony’s apology is not good enough.
- Factor video: Bernard Goldberg on Obama, the press, and more.
- Concha: It’s time for Jesse to graduate from pointless ambushes.
- Security escorts Jesse Watters out of de Blasio press conference.
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/11/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Fox News’s Dominic Di-Natale found dead, apparent suicide.
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-Megyn Kelly 1-2-3.
- Wolff: MSNBC’s decline one of many challenges for NBC News.
- Lean Forward: Spouse of MSNBC host advisor to White House.
- Bourdain triggers reality-food craze. Brooke Baldwin’s idiocy.
- Factor video: Dolores Hart. Fox News bumps the Beeb in Brazil.
- Savan: The Rev’s rampant conflicts of interest? Hey, no problem!
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly fights back Fox News’s ‘voices of darkness’.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/10/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Tuesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Megyn Kelly-The Five 1-2-3.
- Heroes gala loses to FNC reruns. Video: Independents day.
- Q&A: Chris Wallace on timelines; Sarah Palin; Erin Burnett.
- Kelly File video: Brit Hume on UVA Prez. More Naked Justice.
- McMurry: Brian Stelter + Reliable Sources = the best show ever.
- Video: Peter Johnson Jr on implications of the ‘torture report’.
- Piers zings Coop: ’A pretty big diva.’ Corgan zings Coop: ‘Jerk!’
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/09/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Monday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Childers: Why Janice Dean’s forecast for life with MS is sunny.
- CNN hires impartial media reporter...from Talking Points Memo!
- Video: Outnumbered debates release of CIA ‘torture report’.
- Charlton: Don Lemon claims to offer ‘therapy for the country’.
- Phillilp: Controversy swirls around CNN’s dinosaur documentary.
- Yeatman: Weather Channel goes off the rails? Weekend numbers.
- Kelly File video: Judge Napolitano defends release of ‘torture report’.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/08/14 00:42 Filed in: links
- Friday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- Audio: Sherrod Small reveals his Dec 31 special assignment.
- Fox News hires former NBC WH correspondent Kevin Corke.
- Outnumbered video: Rolling Stone’s journalistic blunders.
- Charlton: Jake Tapper front-runner in SotU chase (v/CNNC).
- Clash: Laurie Dhue’s journey to sobriety. Ainsley’s happy day.
- Atkinson: CNBC threatening to ban guests who appear on FBN.
- Video: MSNBC host says looting and arson ‘not necessarily violent’!
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.
Weekend Links and Open Thread
12/06/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- MediaBuzz videos: Eric Garner, Rolling Stone, Allred v Cosby.
- Reliable Sources: Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, The Rev, Garner.
- Concha: Maddow needs to be honest about ‘news anchor’ role.
- Jake Tapper in a twitter spat. Rachel Maddow, ‘news anchor’?!?
- Video: Charles Payne demolishes Cramer. Sunday talk: preview.
- Five possibles for Candy Crowley’s crown. Sunday: CNN Heroes.
- Your Buzz videos: Wilson’s home, shootings, Ferguson, Fox women.
Friday Links and Open Thread
12/05/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Rolling Stone rape scoop collapses.
- Thursday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Zucker wants a young blonde to compete with Fox News.
- Candy Crowley leaving CNN; who will take over SotU?
- Mendte: Don Lemon, America’s reality news star (v/FTV).
- Megyn, FNC bury the competition. Gregg Jarrett reappears.
- Jim Angle is retiring. F&F video: Rick Reichmuth rappelling.
- Guest walks out on Al-Jazeera America in disgust over bias.
- McGurn: Why is The Rev treated differently than Bill Cosby?
- CNN skeds Bill Cosby special. Sham MSNBC site kills Axl Rose.
- Factor videos: Kurtz and Ashburn, Bernard Goldberg on media.
- Anchors recall CNN’s first day. It’s a boy! O’Reilly: Mostly false?
Thursday Links and Open Thread
12/04/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Wednesday’s numbers: O’Reilly-Bret Baier-The Five 1-2-3.
- November program ranker: Fox News holds the top 14 slots.
- Wemple: Do atheists benefit from ‘war on Christmas’ exposés?
- Gillian Turner new FNC contributor. Profile: Liz Claman (vTVN).
- Concha: Grand jury findings prompt rare cablenews consensus.
- Imus video: Bret Baier. F&F video: Peter Johnson Jr on justice.
- Complaints re Cramer getting ugly. Video: Cramergate heats up.
- Kelly File video: Is ‘hands up don’t shoot’ meme fact or fiction?
- Zucker: Nobody’s better in morning tv than Robin Meade. No sale.
Wednesday Links and Open Thread
12/03/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five videos: Greta on grand jury; Gutfeld on media.
- November ratings: Megyn #1; CNN gains; MSNBC tanks.
- Tuesday’s numbers: Bill O’Reilly-Megyn-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Monday’s numbers: O’Reilly-The Five-Bret Baier 1-2-3.
- Shep video: Wendell Goler retires. Ronan Farrow craters.
- Q&A: CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh. Profile: Fox’s Neil Cavuto.
- Weprin: Extreme makeover in the works for CNN online.
- Concha: CNN can fill a big void by hiring Charles Barkley.
- CNN challenged for airport eyeballs. Weekend numbers.
- Greta ‘obliterates’ The Rev, won’t watch MSNBC (via ICN).
- Unions, Glenn Beck part of ‘Stop Mega Comcast’ coalition.
- Balko: The great imposter? CNN to air Ebert documentary.
- Videos: Judge Napolitano with Jon Stewart part one, part two.
Tuesday Links and Open Thread
12/02/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- Bret Baier tops broadcast evening news in multiple markets!
- Anderson Cooper to return tonight after emergency surgery.
- World leaders follow Amanpour, Zakaria most. CNBC hacked.
- Video: Tom Shillue is Outnumbered in immigration discussion.
- Ferguson coverage: Nobody liked it; Where are the grown-ups?
- Video: Shep has a Wii problem (v/ICN). CNN ‘spokeswoman’?!?
- Thursday numbers. Friday’s numbers: Tantaros-O’Reilly-Bream 1-2-3.
Monday Links and Open Thread
12/01/14 00:00 Filed in: links
- The Five video: The Prez just can’t quit The Rev.
- Wednesday numbers: The Five-Bream-O’Williams 1-2-3.
- Shock poll: people attack Fox News without watching it!
- Video: Have mainstream media been fair with Ferguson?
- Lean Forward: MoJo joins the ‘sustainability’ bandwagon.
- Imus video: Juan Williams. FTV: Has Larry King ‘lost it’?
- Wemple: Bill O’Reilly website post has a ‘peculiar byline’.
- The only winning move is not to play. Kiran Chetry resurfaces.
- Fox Report videos: Political Insiders part one, part two, part three.